IxDA Pittsburgh

Message to the group

IxDA is an organization devoted to serving the Interaction Design community in Pittsburgh through activities and discussions
that facilitate growth, understanding, and development of the
profession. IxDA pittsburgh is a chapter of the international
Interaction Design Association.

Our events include speakers, panels and workshops and are held pretty much bi-monthly.. Rather than meeting on a specific day or week, we remain flexible, scheduling events to meet the availability of speakers, hosts, and organizers. Some of the previous hosts of our events are listed in the Local links section. We also meet informally on a monthly basis for alternating happy hour/coffee shop meetups in different locations around the city. These provide a way for members to meet other local designers, talk about trends in the industry, and share projects, problems and ideas.

Our members include anyone who is interested in facilitating positive and engaging experiences for people. Our practitioners are interaction designers, industrial designers, visual designers, product designers, developers, game designers, roboticists - you name it. To become a member, all you have to do is create an account here on IxDA.org or join our Facebook group. We try to keep all of our events totally free. You can follow us on twitter @IxDAPGH. You can email us at ixdapgh@gmail.com or join our mailing list at tinyletter.com/ixdapgh

IxDA Pittsburgh discussion

Just a reminder that this month's coffee shop meetup will be held this Friday, August 22 atStarbucks in Oakland at 8:30am.
Take the opportunity to meet other local designers,
talk about trends in the industry and share projects, problems and
ideas. It's a great opportunity to network, learn about job openings in
Pittsburgh and for students to get acquainted with local professionals.
Look for the IxDA Pittsburgh sign.

Pittsburgh's chapter of IDSA (Industrial Designers Society of America) is committed to advancing the
quality and impact of design and in this spirit, the IDSA of Western PA
along with the PTC, Tepper School of Business, The Carnegie Mellon
School of Design and Maya design are proud to announce their next event event called the Business of design on Thursday, November 21 from 4:30-6:30PM at the Adamson Auditorium (7500 Wean Hall) at Carnegie Mellon University.

Join us for this month's coffee shop meetup at
Starbucks in Oakland at 8:30am on Friday, August 22. Take the opportunity to meet other local designers,
talk about trends in the industry and share projects, problems and
ideas. It's a great opportunity to network, learn about job openings in Pittsburgh and for students to get acquainted with local professionals. Look for the IxDA Pittsburgh sign.

Midwest UX 2013 is happening in a few weeks on October 17-19
in Grand Rapids, MI. It will feature keynotes by Karl Fast, Christina
Wodtke and Abby Covert, a panel on designing meaningful places with
Herman Miller, Haworth and Steelcase, excursions all over Grand Rapids
to see designed places in context and speakers from Microsoft, IDEO, The
Understanding Group and more.

Local IxDA members - We have decided to forgo our monthly meetup which would typically be held next Thursday (the last Thursday of the month) and instead to promote a few other awesome design events going on in Pittsburgh on the evening of September 26:

Refresh Pittsburgh is having their monthly meetup at the Left Field Meeting Spacehttp://www.refreshpittsburgh.org/

UsabilityTools is a comprehensive solution for UX designers with tools for
remote usability testing and conversion optimization. They would like to extend a special offer to members of IxDA Pittsburgh to try what they have to offer at a 25% discounted rate. To take advantage of this offer, visit http://usabilitytools.com/promo/ and use the promo code ixdapittsburgh.

Some topics have us interaction designers chiming in perfect harmony.
But then, there are thorny topics that no two designers can seem to
agree on. On September 18th, we’ll focus on these disputed topics, with a
discussion panel of four individuals… and YOU. What does that mean?
Stay tuned… But first, save the date!

Join us for this month's coffee shop meetup at 21st Street Coffee and Tea in The Strip before work (at 8:30am) on Thursday, August 22. Take the opportunity to meet other local designers, talk about trends in the industry and share projects, problems and ideas. Look for the IxDA Pittsburgh sign.

Join us in rediscovering the role of place in design.

A select group of IxD thought leaders is getting ready to evaluate
work from all over the world in the most prestigious awards in
Interaction Design. The 2014 Interaction Awards is now open for submissions!

In its third year, the Interaction Awards recognize and celebrate
examples of excellence in Interaction Design across domains, channels,
environments and cultures. We’re excited to continue inspiring the
global Interaction Design community to share, discuss and celebrate
excellence

Since 2003, IxDA member support has been at the
core of our exponential growth and development as a global organization.
From the very first email discussion list to formalizing the
organization's mission, operations, and governance, to local groups
around the world, to programs and platforms where our community can meet
and share ideas to advance the discipline of interaction design...YOU
are the members who come together as a vibran